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Re-Open Florida Task Force scheduled to meet twice Tuesday

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Re-Open Florida Task Force scheduled to meet twice Tuesday
Re-Open Florida Task Force scheduled to meet twice Tuesday

The group is charged with figuring out what a re-opening of the state's economy will look like.

Fox 4 takes a look at who the group is made up of and what it's discussed so far.

EMAIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOUHAVE, TO THE ADDRESS ON YOURSCREEN.THE GOVERNOR’S ’RE-OPEN FLORIDATASK FORCE’ IS SCHEDULED TO GETBACK TO WORK TODAY... AFTERMEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME OVERTHE PHONE YESTERDAY.THE GROUP IS CHARGED WITHFIGURING OUT WHAT A RE-OPENINGOF OUR STATE’S ECONOMY WILL LOOKLIKE.JESSICA ALPERN IS FOLLOWING THELATEST ON THIS.YESTERDAY WE GOT AN INSIDE LOOKAT *WHO THE TASK FORCE IS MADEUP OF... AND WE KNOW THE FIRSTRECOMMENDATIONS ARE DUE BY THEEND OF THE WEEK.VO:THE TASK FORCE WILL RELEASESHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG-TERMPLANS FOR RE-OPENING FLORIDA.YESTERDAY WE LEARNED THE TASKFORCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ISMADE UP OF ABOUT TWO DOZENPEOPLE.INCLUDING FLORIDA’S LIEUTENANTGOVERNOR, CHIEF FINANCIALOFFICER, ATTORNEY GENERAL,MEMBERS OF THE STATE SENATE,HOUSE, SEVERAL MAYORS, BUSINESSAND HEALTHCARE LEADERS.TODAY -- TWO MEETINGS ARESCHEDULED.THOSE AGENDAS HAVE NOT YET BEENPOSTED.BUT DURING YESTERDAY’S PHONEMEETING THE TASK FORCE GOT TOWORK DISCUSSING AN OVERVIEW OFFLORIDA’S ECONOMY.AND HOW TO GET THINGS BACK TONORMAL IN A SAFE WAY.SINCE MID-MARCH THE STATE HASRECEIVED MORE THANONE-POINT-FIVE-MILLIONUNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS.SOTVO:http://mastercat.ad.ewsad.net/catdv/clip-details.jsp?id=1800134"If we bounce back in a verythoughtful, safe and efficientwa━ I think we can minimize orat least mitigate some of thedamage that has been done andhopefully have a path back."(GOV 4:30)WE ALSO KNOW THAT FIRST MEETINGINCLUDED A LARGE FOCUS ON THEHEALTH OF THE STATE... WITHUPDATES FROM THE DIVISION OFEMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND D-O-H.TODAY’S MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULEDFOR 10 A-M AND 2 P-M.TAG:THE GOVERNOR WILL JOINING THELATTER ONE.OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS ANDMONTHS WE’LL BE FOLLOWING WHATHAPPENS IN THESE ME

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